http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...i-dolphins-top-quotes-s060409,0,7881701.story You just have to read this. It's great, and VERY FUNNY. Copy and past your favorites if ya like.
Wow, the Bum Phillips (#32) quote deserved to be top 5 at least... I mean it epitomizes Coach Shula's career...
10. "We all figured we had it made -- that these tall, beautiful women were going home with us. Then, all of a sudden, one of the fellows stood up, pointed at one of them and yelled, 'She's got a Johnson!' After that, we pretty much tore the place up. The cops were called, and it was a big incident. Apparently the club had signed up a bunch of female impersonators to work the room, but hey, it was 1972. None of us knew what a drag queen was." - Larry Csonka on a party in New Orleans in the days before Super Bowl VI LOL
"The organization has struggled from a personnel standpoint over the years. For instance, they drafted me in the second round. . . . You don't recover from those types of mistakes." - Rob Konrad on the team's questionable draft picks from 1998-2003. haha... oh man. Edit: Also loved "You can't make chicken salad out of chicken s---. Name me a great player we have besides Danny. You can't. We were No. 2 in the passing game. No. 2 in the passing game! How did we do it? With our players, you tell me, how did we do it? We have to throw. We couldn't run. And do we have a great running back? No. '' - offensive coordinator Gary Stevens after losing in the 1997 playoffs
"You talk about championship courage. You talk about a will to win. A flame burns inside that man, Dan Marino!" Not on the list, but awesome.
My favorite quote: ESPN or some network was doing a piece on athletes "being in the zone". All these athletes were spewing the usual cliches and saying "time slows down", "you can see everything", and other such stuff. Danny says matter-of-factly (I paraphrase): I was in the zone for 10 years.
18. "Who's he?" - Don Shula when the Jets took Ken O'Brien with the 24th pick in the 1983 draft, leaving Dan Marino for the Dolphins
As we have moved off topic, here's a few. Oscar Wilde, while going through customs, was asked if he had anything to declare? "Only my genius" was his reply. A witness was asked in court "Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you GOD?" His reply was "If I knew the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, I would be GOD." I was a witness in a court case, and went in to see other cases. There was a poor little black kid, and the judge asked him if he had an attorney? His reply, "No your honor, I have a public defender." Mods, Be kind, there is not much going on, and this may be just some good fun for a laugh.
Some great quotes there. My personal favorite head-shaker: That was one that became message board fodder for months.
WOW!!! Joe Robbie must've wanted Don Shula THAT BAD to still offer him the job after being hung up on!! EXCELLENT!!!! This one should be in the top 5 in my opinion. Worked out pretty good I'd say Classic!!!! I remember that game!! I was jumping around like a teenager when I saw that play!! Oh wait, I was still a teenager [video=youtube;AvmFczOcUK0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AvmFczOcUK0[/video] I remember THAT game too!!! Remember that one? Everyone thought Marino was going to spike the ball and instead threw a back shoulder pass to Mark Ingram!! [video=youtube;eZfzr9tB4oo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eZfzr9tB4oo[/video] Nothing else needs to be said here!!! Awww, my first year of watching football and my favorite team...much to the dismay of my grandfather who liked the Redskins
I read somewhere that some years before Bum said that about Shula, he said the same thing about Bear Bryant.